Has anyone had experience with the ProMedia Manager mentioned on the
Pictures CD? It sounds neat, but I cannot find it on the Legacy Homepage.
And by
the way, we have an update: Legacy Deluxe 7.0.0.89!
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I need advice.
My next project is to add sources to all the people in my database who
don't have ANY source. Yes, I confess. In the past I added names
and dates, but after converting to Legacy, I've tried to do a better
job of sourcing as I add. However, I still have quite a few
(hundreds)
I would like to print a FGR leaving off the USA and having aft changed to
after, bef to before and especially change cir to about.
Can these changes be done? If so, would this be a specific report or would
it be global. I do have short locations that do not have the USA. In
customize, dates I
Ann
1) Go to OptionsCustomiseDates on the right change the display column to what
you wish.
2) in Family Group, go to Report OptionsFormat and check the use short
loaction names box
Ron Ferguson
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Ron,
Thank you for helping me. Changing to short locations is my fault, for some
reason, sometimes things in the lower left of the screen I do not see. I
checked the use short dates it works perfectly.
The abt vs cir has me stumped. I had the circa changed to about and about to
abt. I could
I only put that [as an AKA] if I have a record that lists the wife as Mrs.
Benamin Jones. In the primary name field I will put UNKNOWN and then as an
AKA I will put Mrs. B. Jones or Mrs. Benjamin Jones [usually you will find
females listed as Mrs. something in obituaries.
michele
-
I believe there is a bug in some of the Sourcewriter templates in the
newest update. I've already submitted a bug report, but I wanted to
save all of you the worry if this happens to you.
For some reason, when you are entering the specifics in Step 2 of the
templates, you will get a Runtime
Ann,
Re: Abt and Cir. The changes of both to about stick for me. Ubfortunately the
Dates does not have its own Reset button, otherwise I would suggest using it!
The Reset at the bottom will reset all your settings which is a heck of a pain.
Why did you close the program btw? When you make
Frances jenkins...@xtra.co.nz wrote:
Is there any way to create a list by source detail, as
opposed to Master source?
For example. My master source is English Census Lancashire
1861. I have several records covering different streets and
areas within Lancashire in 1861, each with its own
Actually, now that I think about it longer, you may want to set the Primary
Condition as Individual - Master Source - contains Lancashire 1861, then add a
second condition as I described.
--- On Sun, 3/8/09, Connie Sheets clshee...@yahoo.com wrote:
Frances jenkins...@xtra.co.nz wrote:
Ron,
I closed the program as I had read on the LUG that sometimes a person having
problems were advised to try that. In the family view for Hugh Eliz they
have always had about. It is when I do a FGR for their children that the
about changes to cir.
In the family view for Hugh Cochrane his
Dede,
Confirming the problem (which I've never seen before the 7.0.0.89 update; I
have used the templates you mention with previous version 7 builds). For the
1900 census, I was able to enter data in several fields on Step 2, but it
popped up when I started to type in the URL field. On the
Very strange. I don't use the SourceWriter template, but tried to reproduce the
bug by
entering sources for the U.S. 1900 census and Artifacts. Worked fine - got to
Step 3 with
no problems.
I'm running Win XP on a clone.
Helen
Legacy User Group guidelines:
Ron,
I have to be away from the internet for awhile. I swear to buy a toothpick
one must make a 200 mile round trip. I should be back late this afternoon.
It is very kind of you to help me with this problem, I appreciate it.
Ann
Alamogordo, New Mexico
- Original Message -
From: Ann
did you try to enter an url as well? Because that's where I got the error 5.
I get an error 5 in step 2 as well by entering a generic source.
Testers have confirmed this bug and it's entered in the bug-tracker.
Evert
2009/3/8 ci...@treadles.ca:
Very strange. I don't use the SourceWriter
Ann,
Let me get this right, Are you saying that in the Family View where you have a
Cir this has now been changed to About, but in the Family Group Report it
is still showing as About?
If so try using 1) The reset button for the Family Group Report and if that
fails then 2) delete the
You didn't say in which line to enter the URL so I entered one in every line.
Still worked
fine.
If you want to write to me personally with a blow-by-blow, line-by-line
description of
what you did to get the error, I'll try it again. So far though, everything
works fine.
Helen
Legacy User
No need to try it again or confirm the bug, because it's allready
entered in the bug-tracker.
Evert
2009/3/8 ci...@treadles.ca:
You didn't say in which line to enter the URL so I entered one in every line.
Still worked
fine.
If you want to write to me personally with a blow-by-blow,
Connie,
Have you ever seen any feedback from Millennia that they acknowledge any of
the 'subsequent citation' bugs that we reported a few months ago (and
thoroughly discussed on this list)? I haven't. No direct reponse to logging
the bugs, and no e-mails from Support on this list about any of
I have never seen this report, and I would ike to use it myself. Where is it
found? I have found that sometimes (not always) I create the search list and
choose the 1 of 3 columns I desire; then go to my report. It might carry
through.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Sun, 3/8/09, Dede Holden
Is this what you are looking for? Go to Master Source List; Print. Choose
Only tagged sources, Master sources and all citations to each one. Include
specific Events, Include citation detail.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Sat, 3/7/09, Frances jenkins...@xtra.co.nz wrote:
From: Frances
Rich,
New to V7 were many new searches including SearchFindMissing Sources
Ron Ferguson
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View the Grimshaw Family Tree at:
http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/
For
I submitted a bug through the Bug Submission Form and received a reply from
Brian after he confirmed that there was an issue. Once it was confirmed, it
was entered into their problem tracking system.
Mary
-Original Message-
From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com
Missing Sources is one of the tabs in Search.
Carolyn
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From: RICHARD SCHULTHIESmailto:fourpa...@verizon.net
To:
LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.commailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG]
Yes I have recieved them more than once. You may have missed this detail, that
I remember. The first person to report the problem will recieve a 'thank you'
for pointing it out, within the week, and when 'fixed' and added to next
update, will generate a subsequent 'thank you' and note that it
We are still finding new stuff.
Rich in LA CA
--- On Sun, 3/8/09, CE WOOD wood...@msn.com wrote:
From: CE WOOD wood...@msn.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] missing sources
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 10:20 AM
Missing Sources is one of the tabs in
That said, I've reported several bugs via the Report a Bug
interface, and never received a single acknowledgment or message that
anyone has even read them, let alone added them to the queue. Perhaps
that's because they were already reported, but since they're still
present in the latest build (and
So, back to my original question --
Is there a way to sort the Missing Sources report by MRIN?
That would help to work on one family at a time.
Thanks,
Dede
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 2:05 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES
fourpa...@verizon.net wrote:
We are still finding new stuff.
Missing Sources is
Steve Voght wrote:
Something needs to be done to improve this side of the Legacy interface
-- either acknowledgment of *ALL* bug reports, or a publiclist of known
bugs to reduce redundant reports. The current system leaves us
frustrated and ends up with far too many rambling and oftenfruitless
Your Search List is a Name List like the Index. As in the Index, Click the #,
Given or Last button at the top of the window, or click in the text box to the
right of each button.
Carolyn
- Original Message -
From: Dede Holdenmailto:deanbuc...@gmail.com
To:
To Legacy and the List:
I have asked when legacy was going to be useable with the New.family search and
I still do not get a answer as to the date. I have a lot of work to do so I am
starting to use another program
Ed in Mountlake Terrace
Legacy User Group guidelines:
I'm going to guess that what I want is not available. I want to sort
by MRIN, not RIN. I have husbands and wives that are not even close
to each other in the RIN numbers, but the MRIN would put them
together. The number option button sorts by RIN.
I guess I'll have to come up with Plan B for a
Hello Ron,
Back from my trek to the nearest town. In the family view for Hugh it has
about for him his wife Eliza, also if one does previews their family group
record. Thenwhen one goes to their son John and previews his family
group record, John's parents (Hugh Eliza) have now changed
Ed maurer wrote:
To Legacy and the List:
I have asked when legacy was going to be useable with the New.family
search and I still do not get a answer as to the date. I have a lot of
work to do so I am starting to use another program
Impatient! Wait until the LDS have decided what they're
Dede,
I don't have the Missing Sources search in ver 6, so I am just imagining
here, but could you tag those individuals from your search results and then
use the Index view to customize columns to show minimal info but include
tag # you selected from the Missing search and spouse MRIN, and
True, but going to the Family View of one spouse shows you the other.
Carolyn
- Original Message -
From: Dede Holdenmailto:deanbuc...@gmail.com
To:
LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.commailto:LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:49 PM
Subject:
I attended a genealogy conference yesterday in Bountiful, Utah. While
there, I spoke with Geoff Rasmussen and the staff about this issue. They
reported that they expect to be fully certified with new.familysearch.com
within the next month.
We'll see, but that is the latest news I've heard.
At 01:34 PM 3/7/2009, Frances wrote:
I am trying to reduce my paper files. I was thinking about tossing out those
things that I have transcribed e.g. Obituaries, newspaper articles and census
recordings. ie those things that are easily accessible these days (but not
birth, marriage and death
Steve -
Just curious but are there any genealogy companies that have a public
bug list? I know a couple that have lists like this or blogs. I guess
I have just never seen a public bug list.
Jackie
Steve Voght wrote:
That said, I've reported several bugs via the Report a Bug
interface, and
Jackie,
I do not know of any company who is willing to tell their competitors
where/what their problems are.
In the context of software I only know of Open Source which allows this. Legacy
is better than most as it at least allows open discussion on this list.
Ron Ferguson
Adobe is actually fairly good about posting what they call the known
limitations of their software, and as Ron mentions virtually all
open-source projects have outstanding trackers and databases with test
methodology to confirm fixes. Obviously if one commercial company is
listing their bugs and
Dede
If you Search for individuals without a source under missing sources.
Tag these with an unused tag.
Go to File Export Legacy file (make sure you keep same RINs) Give this a
name.
When you open this new file Click on Marriage List (if it is on your
toolbar) or View Marriage List.
Then
Dave:
Thanks, We here in the state of Washington are using New.family search
Ed
- Original Message -
From: Dave Johnson
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 4:02 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New family search.org
I attended a genealogy
I may have said it wrong. I didn't mention the auto-reply that says thank you,
and we are looking at it. Because in the past, I saved all of my postings
to/from techincal, and found that all were eventually fixed, or commented on at
least in the negative. The best filing, one that chered me
I haven't tried it, but have you considered setting up a User ID system. You
could use Jnsn001-Jnsn999, Smth001... Then they will sort in the individual
index, and reports can only UID, or mixed with RIN. Good luck,
Rich in LA CA
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